The inaugural Magritte du Cinéma Awards for francophone Belgian film

Belgium's l'Académie André Delvaux presented a ceremony for the inaugural Magritte du Cinéma Awards to honour films by Belgium's French-speaking community. Ironically, the night's big winner was the English-language film Mr. Nobody, by Jaco Van Dormael. It claimed six awards - Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Music.

The Best Actress Magritte went to Anne Coesens for her role in Illégal. It also won Best Supporting Actress (Christelle Cornil). Illégal was Belgium's submission to the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Two other films won two awards each. Elève libre (Free Student) won for Best Actor (Jonathan Zaccaï) and Most Promising Actress (Pauline Etienne). Panique au village (A Town Called Panic) won for Sound and Art Direction.

Ken Loach's film Looking for Eric won Best Co-Production. It was made with the Dardenne brothers' production company Les Films du Fleuve.

Voting for the Magritte du Cinéma was conducted by approximately 650 French-speaking Belgian film professionals, from a short-list of productions from no earlier than 2008. 
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Complete list of winners for the 1st annual Magritte du Cinéma Awards

MEILLEUR FILM (Best Film)
Mr. Nobody

MEILLEUR REALISATEUR (Director)
Jaco Van Dormael, Mr. Nobody 

MEILLEURE COPRODUCTION
Looking for Eric, Les Films du Fleuve – Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne

MEILLEUR SCENARIO ORIGINAL (Original Screenplay)
Jaco Van Dormael, Mr. Nobody

MEILLEURE ACTRICE (Actress)
Anne Coesens, Illégal

MEILLEUR ACTEUR (Actor)
Jonathan Zaccaï, Elève libre (Free Student)

MEILLEURE ACTRICE DANS UN SECOND RÔLE (Supporting Actress)
Christelle Cornil, Illégal

MEILLEUR ACTEUR DANS UN SECOND RÔLE (Supporting Actor)
Jan Decleir, Les barons (The Barons)

MEILLEUR ESPOIR FEMININ (Most Promising Actress)
Pauline Etienne, Elève libre (Free Student)

MEILLEUR ESPOIR MASCULIN (Most Promising Actor)
Joffrey Verbruggen, La régate (The Boat Race)

MEILLEURE IMAGE (Cinematography)
Christophe Beaucarne, Mr. Nobody

MEILLEUR SON (Sound)
Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, Fred Piet and Franco Piscoppo, Panique au village (A Town Called Panic)

MEILLEUR MONTAGE (Editing)
Matyas Veress, Mr. Nobody

MEILLEURS DECORS (Art Direction)
Eric Blesin and Marc Nis pour, Panique au village (A Town Called Panic)

MEILLEURS COSTUMES (Costume Design)
Christophe Pidre and Florence Scholtes, Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile)

MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE (Music)
Pierre van Dormael, Mr. Nobody

MEILLEUR COURT METRAGE (Short Film)
Nuit blanche (White Night), Samuel Tilman

MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE (Documentary)
Les chemins de la mémoire, Jose Luis Penafuerte